The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “New York Dog Film Festival 2024” showing March 15-19 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
Join us for a family-friendly escape to the movies and celebrate everything DOGS! “New York Dog Film Festival 2024” is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, featuring 13 short films.
Films featured in the 2024 lineup include:
• MacGregor the Scot: A music video celebrating a Border Collie bred to run and herd sheep whose life path takes him in a different direction.
• Deborah: A woman talks about her love for her rescued cocker spaniels.
• The Missing Piece: A clever Border Collie sets out to fill in the missing photograph in her family’s photo display.
• Amber’s Halfway Home: A day in the life of a special rescuer in the fields and dog pounds of western Tennessee.
• You Can’t Shrink Love: An artist gives life to the memories of our most beloved companions — in miniature.
• 47 Seconds: The true story of a film found in an old camera showing a small white dog on a beach — that seems to have time traveled into the filmmaker’s own life present.
• Ranger: Canine Alpinist: A documentary recounting the life of an Alsatian Shepherd dog who was a favorite of local climbers in the 1920s and 1930s, accompanying them to the summit of Mt. Hood over five hundred times.
• Filming Dogs: A documentary following a small scruffy terrier called Ra as she attends an animal actor audition with three other dog actors.
• Linchpins of Dead Dog Island: A documentary directed by the protagonist of this documentary showcasing the women she worked alongside in Puerto Rico to save animals from the streets and after Hurricane Maria.
• Barc If You Need Help: Teenagers incarcerated in a juvenile detention center are chosen for a special project where they live with and train rescued shelter dogs.
• Set Adrift: When Patch's beloved owner goes missing in the sea, the little dog has to work out what is real and what is just a memory.
• Bear the Courthouse Canine: All about Bear, a specifically trained Labrador who gives support and comfort to children having to give courtroom testimony in the criminal justice system.
• Riley Loves Pasta: A culinary journey for a dog who counts the days until “pasta night”!
“New York Dog Film Festival 2024” is presented in partnership with the Humane Society of Sedona.